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Agenda: Michael Wright

Film release dates are as slippery as mercury, but several anticipated blockbusters are already stacked up for next year, including Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (June) and Spider-Man II (July), as well as classical epics such as Wolfgang Petersen’s Troy, starring Brad Pitt (May), and Oliver Stone’s Alexander (November). Baz Luhrmann’s Alexander the Great should have been warring with the latter, but it won’t now begin shooting until 2005.

Holiday on Ice is to celebrate its diamond jubilee next year with a 60th-birthday tour that starts in Brighton on January 8. Beginning life as a wartime novelty, the sequined leviathan has somehow become the world’s most popular live entertainment show of all time — impressive, considering it’s almost impossible to find anybody who will admit to having seen it. For bookings, visit www.holidayonice.com.

Although the London Symphony Orchestra’s centenary season officially opens with two concert performances of Peter Grimes